Apparatus for controlling the stopping of carriages



Feb. 18, 1941. s, KHALIL 2,232,114,

APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE STOPPING 0F CARRIAGES Filed Feb. 24, 195B ssneetstshez 1 INVENTOR SEYED KHALIL wm+w ATTORNEYS Feb. 18, 1941.

APPARATUS FOR s. KHALIL 2,232,114

CONTROLLING THE STOPPING OF CARRIAGES Filed Feb. 24, 1938 8 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS Feb. 18, 1941. s, KHALIL APPARATUS FOR COI TROLLING THE STOPPIN G OF CARRIAGES Filed Feb.- 24, 1938 8 :Sheets-Shoet 3 INVENTOR 6:12p K1141 IL BY mm+w ATTORNEYS Feb. 18, 1 941. KHALlL' 2,232,114

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APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE STOPPING OF CARRIAGES Filed Feb. 24, 1938 -3-sheets-s-neet 5 J INVENTOR v 62TH; KHALIL W I ATTORNEYS 's. KHALIL Feb; 18, 1941.

APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE STOPPING 0P GARRIAGES Filed Feb. 24, 1938 8 vSh ets-Shee1; 6

INVENTOR SL'YED KHALIL BY ATTORNEYS Feb. 18, 1941. SUKHALIL 2,232,114

APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE STOPPING OF CARRIAGES INVENTOR SL'YED KHALIL ATTORNEYS Filed Feb. 24, 1938 8 Sheets-Sheet T Feb. 18, 1941. s. KHALIL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE STOPPING 0F. QRRI'AGBS 8 sh'e'ts-sneet 8 Filed Feb. 24, 1938' Patented Feb. 1 8, 19 41 APPARATUS ron CONTROLLING ms'roP- F PING or cAaarAoEs Seyed Khalil, New York, N. Y., assignor to Remington Rand, Inc., New York, N. 1, a corporation of Delaware.

Application February 24, 1938, Serial No. 192,246

16 Claims.

This invention relates to typewriting and like machines, and more particularly to improved means for arresting the return movements oi the carriages of such machines.

i The principal object of the present invention is to provide improved mechanism for reducing the noise, shock and rebound ordinarily produced in arrestinga typewriter carriage'in its return movement to a position for starting a new line of typing.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for permitting a returning carriage to pass beyond the point oi its ultimate arrest against the action of decelerating means,

' and for permitting the carriage to move back to this point of ultimate arrest after it has been completely decelerated in its movement in the returning direction. I V

Another object of the invention is to provide 20 means associated with the usual adjustable margin stop for disengaging the normally effective escapement dog as the returning carriage reaches its point of ultimate arrest thereby permitting the carriage to pass beyond such point against 25 the action of shock absorbing means imtil its return movement is fully decelerated, and for holding the escapement dog disengaged while the carriage moves back to this point of ultimate arrest whereupon it is stopped by the reengage- 9 ment at the escapement dog.

Other objects, purposes and characteristic features of the present invention will appear as the description thereof progresses, during which, references will be made to the accompanying drawings, wherein I Figure l is a rear view of a typewriter incorporating the embodiments of the invention, certain parts having been omitted for the sake of clarity; v 40 Figure 2 is an end elevation of the typewriter as viewed along the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 'is a complete plan view of the typewriter shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is an elevation of the new and im- 45 proved main stop control element'in cooperative relation with the settable stop carried by the car- Y riage;

Figure 5 is a view of the stop control member indicated hits two main positions; 50 Figure 6 is an elevation otthe marginal release mechanism;

Figure '7 is a sectional view of the marginal re V resilient means shown in Figure 21 in which the lease mechanism taken along the line '1- -'I of Figure 6; 55 Figure 8 is'a rear view of the escapement mechanism showing the control of one of the escapement dogs for freely moving the carriage;

Figure 9 is an elevation, partly in section, taken along the line 9-8 of Figure'8;

Figure 10 is a rear view of. the mechanism as- 5 sociated with the main stop control element for releasing a ratchet member carried by the linespacing and carriage-return lever; and showing the normally eifective'dog of the escapement dis- 10 associated from the escapement wheel;

Figure 11 is a view, partly'in section, taken. along the line H-ll of Figure 10; V

Figure 12 is a plan showing the cooperative relation between the mechanism shown in Figures 4 to 11, inclusive;

, Figure 13 is an elevation, partly in section, 3

taken along the line |3-l3 of Figure 12;

Figure 14 is a plan view of the line-spacing and carriage-return lever indicating the positions of the lever at normal, at the moment at which line spacing isaccomplished; and the position when moving the carriage to the right, the line spacing mechanism having been omitted from this view for the sake of clarity;

Figure 15 is a view of the pawl and ratchet associated with the line-spacing and carriage-return lever, said ratchet being shown in its normal position;

Figure 1615 a view of the ratchet shown in Figure 15, showing'the position at the time line spac 39 ing is accomplished;

Figure 1'1 is a view of the pawl and ratchet shownin Figures IS -and 16 at the position where the stop control effects the release of the pawl from the ratchet; 1 I v Figure 18 shows the ratchet as having returned to its normal position ready to be re-engaged by the pawl, and the pawl which is carried by the lever having been disengaged, permits the lever to move freely and prevents the operator from '40 delivering any further power to the carriage;

Figure 19 is a fragmentary view of the lever shown in Figure 14, showing details of the handie;

Figure 201s an exploded view showing details Figure 13 employing two concentric springs, one

wound right-hand and the other left-handy" Figure 22 shows a further modification of the resilient members may include parts made of rubher or the like; e

Figure 23 is a plan view of mechanism for removing the urge of the main spring from the carriage under certain conditions;

Figure 24 is an elevation of the mechanism shown in Figure 23;

Figure '25 is an enlarged view' showing the relation between the toothed spring drum and a pawl lever cooperating therewith; and

Figure 29 is a fragmentary view showing the relation of the pawl lever to certain linkages associated with the stop control device.

"The devices of the present invention have been applied in the present instance to a typewriting machine of substantially conventional construction. However, it is to be understood that the principles of the present invention may be applied equally well to other typewriter constructions "as well "asto bookkeeping machines and other machines employing a carriage which is at times returned to a starting position.

The drawings show only-as much of the usual typewriter construction as is necessary to arrive at a complete understanding of the present invention as applied thereto. The illustrated machine andv 39 and is drawn to the right, as viewed in Figure 1, by means of a strap 3| connected therewith at one end, and connected on the other end escapement shaft 39 and in. the present instance.

.after the desired adjustment is obtained, is locked by means of a locking screw 43.

The escapement dog support 39 is provided with 4 a spring 44 which urges the same toward. its normal illustrated position. The spring 44 has one. end secured to-a pin 44 in the frame member 49, and its other end secured to a downward extension 46 on the support 39. The-extension 49 also carries a studi39 which is engaged by a yoke member I39 associated with the universal bar in the machine.

The U-bar I44 rigidly secured to or forming-an integral part ofthe frame, carries a set screw I43. which is prov'ided with a lock nut I49 for locking the set screw in any desired adjustment.

The end of the set screw I43 is set in such position as to form a stop for the do: support when the latter is moved in a clockwise direction by the yoke I39 which,as stated above, is actuated by the universal bar.

The U-bar also carries .a set screw I94, which is provided with alock nut iii. The end of the set screw contacts a boss I99 forming an integral part of the dog carrier 39. The set screw I94 may be set to eng e the boss I99 and hold the position under the the teeth of the escapement wheel 36 by rocking movement of the support 39 to thereby afl'ord intermittent letter-spacing movement of the escapement wheel. The normally effective, or normally engaged dog 49 is disposed in front of the dog 41, and this dog 49 is pivotally'mounted on the rocker 39 as may be seen in Figs. 1 and 8.

The stop screw is adjusted so that the spring 44 normally holds the rocker 39 in a position wherein the normally engaged dog 49 is directly beneath the teeth of the escapement wheel 39'. The normally engaged dog 49 is pivoted to the rocker 39 at a point intermediate the ends thereof, and spring means (not shown) act on the dog 49 to normally hold the right-hand end thereof (as viewed in Fig. 8) into engagement with one of theteeth of the escapement wheel 39.

Whenever one of the printing keys 23 or the space bar 24 is operated, the rocker 39 is moved in a clockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 13)

through the actuating member I39 in the usual manner. This movement of the rocker moves the normally engaged dog 49 bodily out of engagement with a tooth of the escapement wheel 36 and moves the other dog 41 into the path of one of the teeth. When the rocker 39 is allowed to return to normal position under the force of the spring 44, the dog 41 is moved out of the path of the escapement wheel teeth and the dog 49 is moved back into a position for engagement with a tooth to thereby arrest the letter spacing movement of the carriage in the usual manner. It will also be clear that when the rocker 39 is in its normal position, the normally engaged dog 49 may be operated about its pivot from its solid line position shown in Fig. 8 to its dotted line position shown in Fig. 10 thereby releasing the escapement wheel for movement in,a clockwise direction for purposes which will hereinafter be more fully explained.

A supporting member '49 forming an extension. of the frame 2i has a slot formed therein, and a pair of projecting bosses 5|, 52, are positioned one on each side of the slot and carry a pivot pin 53 upon which is pivotally mounted a bell crank 54. One arm 54 of the bell crank has a roller 55 pivotally supported thereon, and retained thereon by a fixed sleeve 59. The other arm 54' of the bell crank extends through the slot 59, and a bar'SI is pivotally connected thereto by means of a pin 59. The bar 91 extends down-.

wardly and a-notch 59 formed on the lower end thereof rests upon a lever 69 near the end 69' thereof.

The lever 99 is pivotally mounted on a shouldered screw 9| and the end 69 of this lever is normally positioned in cooperative relation with plates 19 and H of the carriage- These cranks.

upported on the'carriage and their relation to the rod 81 and the end plates 18 and H may be seen in plan view in Figure 3, and the crank 88 may be seen in Figure 2. The crank 69 has its shaft extended, and the boss 12 of a lever" is secured to said extended shaft'by means of a pin 14.

When the lever 13 is.actuated to release the carriage, the rod 81 is moved in the direction shown by the arrow in Figure 9 to the dotted position 81a shown in said figure, thereby moving the bell crank 54 in a counter-clockwise direction and causing the bar 51 to move the lever 68 to the position shown in dot and dash lines in Figure 9. This movement causes the engaging end of the dog 48 to move in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 8, as a result of which said dog assumesthe position shown in dot and dash lines,

Figure 10, leaving the escapement wheel free to be rotated in either direction by the movement of the carriage, after which the carriage may be moved to any desired position.

When the lever 13 is released, a spring (not shown) returns it to its normal position. At the same time the spring 64 urges the lever 88 back to its normal position, and simultaneously the bar 51 and bell crank 54 associated therewith are in turn moved to their original normal posi- I tions. As the lever 88 returns to its normal position the dog 48 isfree to return to'its normal position in contact with its stop, due to the urge of a spring provided for that purpose on the dog rocker 39. This spring and stop are not shown in detail as they or their equivalent are present in all modern type riters. The carriage also carries a marginal rac or bar 18 having mounted thereon settable stops 11 and 18. The stop," defines the left marginal line of the work and controls thestopping of the carriage, and at the right-hand margin of the work the stop 1.1 locks the keys against any further strokes. However, in cases where it is desired to type several additional characters at the end of a line, a (righthand) marginal release key (not shown) effects the release of the carriage from the stop 11 as follows:

Details of this marginal release are clearly shown in Figures 6 and 7. Projecting outwardly, as viewed in Figure 6, from the auxiliary frame 49, are parallel bosses 88 and 8|. The composite lever, generally designated by the numeral 82,

has a lower element 83 mounted on a pivot pin 84 supported by the bosses 88 and 8 I.

The element 85 is pivotally mounted at the upper end of the element 83 on a pivot pin 85 carried by the element 83, so that the composite lever 82 may be bodily moved about the pivot 84 from its normal position to assume the position shown in dot-dash lines in Figure 7. In this instance, both the element 83 and the element 85 move as a unit.

An arm 81 formed integral with or secured to a base 88 is mounted on the right side of the element 85, as viewed in Figure 6, suitable fastening means such as screws 89 being provided. for se-- curing the base 88 to the element 85.

A lever 98 may be pivoted on the auxiliary frame by means of a pivot pin 9I. The upper end of the lever 98 is normally in cooperative relation with the end of the .arm'81; and the other end of the lever 98, which is broken away and not shown in the drawings, may be linked to the usual key-lock mechanism of the typewriter.

The upper end of the element 85 is provided with a round boss 92, which is normally positioned adjacent to the bar 18, suitable clearance being provided between the boss 92 and the stop member 11 so that it may be engaged by said stop member when the carriage is moved to the extreme position to the left (which is to the right as viewed in Figure 6).

Figure 6 shows the positions of the stop member 11 and the element 85 with its boss 92 and arm 81 at the point of first engagement. After several additional characters have been struck, the stop 11 and the element 85 assume the relative positions shown in dot-dash lines, with the result that the arm 81 actuates the lever 98 to effect the locking of the key action.

The element 83 is provided with a cross arm 93, and an engaging member 94 has a hooked end 95 adapted to actuate the composite lever 82 to move the same to the position shown in dotdash lines in Figure '1. The engaging member 94 is secured to the usual marginal release key of the typewriter.

A pin 96 in the auxiliary frame 49 limits the movement of the element 85 in a counter-clockwise direction about the pivot 88, and the element 85 is urged in this direction by means of a spring 91 having one end secured to the boss 8|, v and having its other end provided with a-suitable bumper 98 engaging the element 85. A pin 99 is also provided for limiting the movement of the element 85 in a clockwise direction about the pivot 88.

A suitable spring I88 is provided for holding the composite lever 82 in its normal position about the pivot 84 and relative to the bar 16 and the stop member 11. The spring I88 has one end secured to a pin I8I-on the auxiliary frame member. 49. The other end of the spring I88 is secured to the lever in a suitable manner at I82.

Referring now to Figure 5, the main carriage stop control men'i'ber, designated generally by the .numeral 19, consists of a metallic bar having a bore I83 formed therein, by means of which said of the barhas formed therein at its upper end,

a notch I85, and has extending to the left, as viewed in Figure 5, an arm I86 adapted to control the disengagement of a ratchet on the carriage-retum lever, in a manner to be presently described.

Positioned at the upper end of the lever within the notched portion, a suitable adjustable engaging member is provided. This member has a threaded shank I88 which screws into the upper end of the bar I84, and when the desired adjustment is obtained, may be locked in such adjusted position by means of a locking screw I89. The main stop control member has its bore I83 journalled on a shouldered screw I I8 which is threaded into the auxiliary frame or supp rt, the

' threaded portion being indicated by the numeral otally mounted roller 5 which is adapted to engage the engaging member I81. A margin stop I8 is adjustable along the bar 18 to obtain the desired lefthand margin on the work sheet or the point where the returning carriage is ultin' tely arrested to start a new line of writing.

As the carriage in its return movement reaches this point ofultimate arrest, the roller I I5 engages the member I01, and in order to permit the returning carriage to pass beyond'this point of ultimate arrest, the stop control member 19 is adapted to move pivotally in a counter-dock 'wise direction on the screw IIO, as viewed in Figure 4.

The .arm I06 (Figure 5) of the stop control member 19 has a link II6 pivotally connected thereto by means of a pivot H1. The link 6 is ciated therewith are shown in Figure 121.

in turn connected at its lower'end 'to an arm II8 by a ball and socket joint I I3.

The arm II8 forms an extension from a hub I20, and said hub is pivotally supported on the frame by means of a pivot pin I2I as may be An arm. I22 is formed seen in Figs. 10 and 11. integral with and extends from the hub I20, and

the arm I 22 is provided at its outer end I22 with that the spring I26 may nest into the spring-I21.

The spring I21 is substantially heavier than the spring I26; and the spring I26 is substantially longer than the spring I 21.

A spring I40 (see Fig. 11) has one end secured.

" to the arm I22 and the other end is secured to desired adjustment is obtained, the screw I28 a pin MI in the frame. In some cases the spring I26 may beomitted and a spring I40'substituted therefor. In other cases, both the spring I26 and the spring I40 may be retained.

A stop screw I28 is threaded into an arm I29 of the frame, thereby permittingthedistance between the end of the shank I25 and the lower end of the screw I28 to be adjusted. After the may be locked relative to the arm I29.by means of a set screw I30. A threaded collar I3I having threads fitting the threads of the screw I28 is provided for adjusting the compression to any desired value, and after such adjustment is obtained, such setting may be retained bylocking the member I3I, a set screw I32 being provided for the purpose. A i

The hub I20 has extending vertically therefrom' an arm I33 carrying at its upper end a boss I34 as may be seen in Fig. 11. 'I'he boss I34 is providedwith a threaded hole which carries an adjustable screw I35. The end of the screw I35 may be set in cooperative relation with a bar I36 which will presently be described, and after a desired adjustment is obtained the screw I35 may be locked relative to the boss I34 by means of a lock screw I31. v

The arm I22 is normally positioned beneath the tail end of the dog 48, so that when the roller I I carried by the adjustable stop 18 engages the member I01 carriedby the main stop control member 18 (Figures '4 and 5), the member 18 is moved counter-clockwise, as viewed in Figures 4 and 5, to a. position such as that shown in dot-dash lines in Figure 5, with the result that this motion will be transmitted via the link 6- to the arm II8, causing the hub I20 (Fig; ure 11) to move ln a clockwise directionfor ex- 1 ample, to a position such as that shownin dotdash lines in Figure 11.

The arm I22 is formed integral with the hub I20, therefore, the movement of said hub in a Figure 11.

clockwise direction, described above, will cause the arm I22 to swing upwardly, as shown in I22 raises the tail end of the dog 48 to disengage the other end thereof from the teeth of the escapement wheel 36 and at the same time this upward movement of the arm also compresses the spring I26 until the threaded collar I3I contacts the spring I21. It will be clear that further movement of the arm I22 will then continue to compress both the spring I26 and the spring I21 (in cases where two springs are used).

Now, due to the movement of the stop control member 19 to the dotted" position shown in Figure 5, the returning carriage is permitted to pass beyond its point of ultimate arrest, and in cases where the returning carriage has acquired considerable momentum, the movement of the carriage beyond said point may amount to a distance greater than one escapement tooth on the escapement wheel, due to the fact that the arm I22 is at that time holding up the tail end ofthe dog 48. As soon as the momentum of the carriage is absorbed by the springs I26 and I21, the reaction of these springs and the action of the spring drum '32 moves the carriage back in the opposite direction, during which movement the dog 48 is retained out of engagement with the teeth of the escapement wheel. As soon as the carriage thus moves back to the right, as viewed from the front of the machine, to its point of ultimate arrest, the arm I22 disengages the tail of thedog 48 to allow the other end of this dog to engage the tooth of the escapement wheel 36 and arrest further movement of the carriage.

As the escapement dog 48 is disengaged from the escapement wheel during the time that the carriage is beyond its point of ultimate arrest,

.the pull of the main spring in the, drum 32 also lends its effort to abet the springs I26. and I21 in absorbing the momentum of the carriage. As stated above, when the momentum of the carriage is absorbed, the carriage then moves toward the right as viewed from the front, under the recoil of the springs I26 and I21 and under the urge of the main spring in the drum 32, due to the fact that the dog 48 is at that time disengaged from the escapement wheel 36. The ex- I'his upward movement of the arm tent of this movement may be one or more than one letter spaces, and depends on, the degree of momentum acquired by the returning carriage.

It might also be stated that some of the momentum is also consumed in moving the linkages between the stop control member 19 through the medium of the members I06, H6, H8 and i22, especially in view of the fact that these linkages lie in two planes in the typewriter and are positively linked together between the planes, the ball joint II9 forming a part of said positive linkage.

The engaging member I01 may be screwed in either direction in its support in order to accurately set said linkages to control the engagement and disengagement of the dog 48 in accordance withdefinite positions of the carriage.

An important feature of the'inventlon lies in the fact that the linkagesbetween the stop .con-

trol member 18 and the dog 48 are positively asthe engaging member I01, the escapement wheel left (as viewed in Figures 1 and 8) it moves'freely,

up to the point where the roller I I6 contacts the engaging member I81 carried by the stop control lever 19. From this point on (the carriage continuing to move toward the left as stated), the stop control lever 19 is moved by-the carriage and, through the medium of the linkages I06, I I6, II8, I20 and I22, raises the tailend of the dog 48, and by the time the tip of the engaging end of the dog has cleared the peripheral circle of the ends of the teeth of the escapement wheel 36, said teeth have moved to such position that the engaging end of the dog is approximately half way between one escapement tooth and the next. And as the carriage continues moving to the left, the escapement teeth may advance to the position shown in Figure 10, or even beyond if the momentum of the carriage is sufliciently great. It will be noted in Figure 8 that the escapement dog 48 is normally engaging the escapement tooth marked A, whereas in Figure 10 it will be noted that theescapement tooth A is advanced in a counter-clockwise direction-to a point where the escapement tooth B is in the vicinity of the tip of the dog 48, and, as stated above, where the momentum of the carriage is sufliciently great, the escapementteeth may advance still further to positions where the enga ing end of the dog 48 is in line-with a point between the tooth B and the tooth C. However, for all positions of the carriage beyond the final stop position (left marginal line), the engaging end of the dog 48 is held out of the range of the escapement teeth by the arm I22. Since the engaging ,end of the dog 48 is held out of the range of the escapement teeth during this time, both the urge of the main spring 32, and the recoil of the shock-absorbing means pulls the carriage in the opposite direction as soon as the momentum is absorbed, and when the final stop position is reached, the stop control member has at that time moved back to its normal position and the linkages associated therewith have also moved back to their normalpositions, thereby placing the engaging end of the dog 48 in position to engage a tooth of the escapement wheel. In some cases it may be desired to nullify the efl'ect of the main spring at that time as will later be described. While the carriage ismoving under the urge of the recoil of theshock-absorbing means only, or under the urge of both the shock-absorbing means and the main spring, the escapement wheel is moved in a clockwise direction as viewed in Figure 8, through the medium of the rack 33 and thepinion'34 to such position that the engaging end of thedog 48 re-engages the esoapement wheel tooth A.

With the linkages properly adjusted to function as outlined above, the dog 48 will always re-engage the initial escapement wheel toothfor example, the tooth,A-'for the setting of the left marginal stop 1.8 illustrated. When the marginal stop 18 is set in other positions, of course the initial point will coincide with others of the escapement wheel teeth. Each time the carriage is returned, it will consistently 'stop at the same position, thereby making the first character in each line on thepaper carried by the carriage fall This is accomplished by having the stop-control on a straight line parallel to the left edge of the paper.

It may be pointed out that the degree of control of the new and improved stop control member 18 is so flexible that it will effect control over the returning carriage, whether the carriage is returned from the point one-letter space away from the initial point or from a point a maximum numberof spaces away from the initial point.

In the appended claims, the expression point of ultimate arrest may be taken to mean the point where the carriage finally stops in position for the operator to begin typing a new line.

The expression momentum stop. may be taken to mean the point beyond the final stop at which e tur carriage loses all of its momentum and momentarily comes to rest before starting back in the opposite direction under the urge of the main spring of the .typewriter. The point at which this occurs varies in accordance with the momentum of the returningcarriage.

The present machine also includes means, in effect, for shutting off the power supplied by the hand of the operator in returning the carriage.

member, in addition to performing the functions outlined above, also effect control over the line spacing and carriage return lever.

The line spacer and carriage return lever I46 is pivotally mounted on a shouldered screw I41 carried by the carriage frame. A freely rotatable handle is pivotally mounted on a stud I48 carried at the outer end of the lever 6. The end of the stud I49 is threaded, and the handle I48 may be retained on the stud by means of the nut I50 engaging the threaded end of the stud I48 (see Figure 19).

The pivoted end of the lever I46 is preferably made in the form of a semi-circle I5I and carries a shouldered screw I52 which forms a pivotal support for a pawl member I53. Therefore, the pawl member I53 is bodily movable with the lever I46.

The shouldered screw I41 also carries a ratchet.

member I51 which has, formed integral with or secured thereto an extending member I58 which aotuates the line spacing mechanism associated with the platen 21 carried by the carriage 26. The extending member I58 (referring now to Figure 3) pivotally carries a lever I59 which is operatively connected to a bell crank I68. The bell crank I68 is pivotally supported on the carriage 26 and is urged to its normal position (toward thekeys) by means of a spring I6I. A link member I62 is pivotally connected to the bell crank I68 and to the usual pawl and ratchet line spacing mechanism, generally designated by the numeral I63. I

The surface I53 of the pawl I53 is radial with respect to the center of the shouldered crew I41 so that as the lever I46 is rotated on the screw I41 as a pivot, the relative relation of the surface I53 with respect to the engaging member or ball 164 is the same.

I example, position I46 in Figure 14). 'As soon as the lever I46 begins to move toward the position I46 the ratchet member: I51 starts moving; in the direction of the arrow, and by the time the lever I46 is at the position I46", aJlin'e space '15 I61 is in the positionshown in Figure 16. At the same time, due to the fact that the lever I46 is in the position I46 the pawl is at that time also in the position shown at Figure 16. In this connection, it will be noted that the tail of the pawl I 66 is within the range of the ball, I64. As the operator continues to move the lever I46 (which is now in the position I46", Figure. 14) in the direction of the arrow, the carriage begins to move under the urge of the energy supplied by the operator until the marginal stop roller III contacts the contact member I61 and causes the stop control member 16 to move; This movement,

through the medium of the arm I66 and the ad justable screw I66 is imparted to the bar I66, and thence via the linkages between the bar I66 and theball I64; this motion is in turn imparted to the ball member I64 causing it to engage the tail of the pawl I66, and thereby disengage the engaging end of the pawlfrom the ratchet member I61. At this moment, due to the action described above, any further eflort exerted by the operator results in the movement of the lever I46 toward the position shown in solid lines.

Figure 1'! illustrates the relation of the pawl and the ratchet member at this particular instance. Due to the release of the pawl I66, the. lever is free toturn on the screw I41, and the lever and the pawl I56 with it may assume a position relative to the ratchet member I61, such as that shown in Figure l8.

Reviewing the above few paragraphs, when it is desired to move the carriage to its initial starting point-that is to, say, to a given point adjacent to the left margin'of the paper carried by the carriage-the. handle I48 is engaged by the (met-- ators hand and is moved to the right, as viewed fin Figure 3. from the keyboard end. During the first stage of this movement. in which the lever moves from the position I46 to the position I46" (see Figure 14), line spacing of the platen is 'efi'ected. This is due to the fact that the pawl I62 engages the notch of the ratchet member I61; and due to this engagement, theratchet member I61 is rotated in the direction of the arrow; and through the medium of the line spacing mechanism-associated with the extending member I66, line spacing is effected. As the operator continues to press the handle I46 in the direction of the arrow, the handle being in the position I46", the carriage is moved in the direction to finally bring the left marginal stop in registration.

As soon asthe roller II6 engages the engaging member I61, the stop control member 16 begins to move; its movement is imparted to the hub I26 and the lever I 66 extending from said hub assumes the position shown in dot-dash lines at I66", as shown" in Figure 11, with the result that the bar I36,'whi'cli is pivotally mounted on the carriage, is tilted to the position I66 shown in dot-dash lines in Figure 11. l e

' The bar I36 (referring now to Figure 3) is pivotally mounted onthe carriage at the points 4 I66 and I66, forming a pivot I66. The bar I66 has formed integrally therewith and passing through the pivot I66, a shaft I61; The shaft- I61 carries on its outer end a crank I66 and a bar I66 pivotally connected to the crank I66 by means-.01 .a shouldered screw I16, and carrying on its opposite end the engaging member or ball I 64. A guiding link I1I is pivotally mounted on a stud- I12, carried by a boss I16 on thecan'riage frame, and is also pivotally'connectedto the bar I69 by means of a shouldered screw I14.

Y When the bar I36 is tilted. under 'controlot t e.

. 2,882,114 I has been accomplished and the ratchet member stop control member 16, in the manner described above, it, through the medium oi' the shaft I61,

the crank I66, the push-rod I66, and the engaging member I64, disengages the pawl I66 fromthe notch in the ratchet member I51, thereby 5 releasing the lever and permitting it to move freely on the shouldered screw I 41. As a result of this, the operator's hand ceases to move the carriage; the operator's hand does not receive the impact of the carriage suddenly coming 10 against a solid stop; and the operator's fingers, due to the rolling action of the handle, roll oil. and become disengaged from the handle. While this is occurring, the momentum of the returnins carriage is absorbed between the point of which is threaded into the frame member I 26.

After a desired adjustment is obtained, it may be retained by means of a set screw I36. The

spring I21 is positioned between I24 and the flanged portion I11 of the screw member I26", the flange is, of course, moved relative to the spring I21 when described above.

With this arrangement, when the stop control member 16 is engaged by the stop roller II6 carried on the carriage, the spring I 21 is compressed I in thesame manner as described above, and the 0 bufi'ers I16 and I16 may come together in cases where the momentum is sufiiciently great without causing noise.

In order to remove the urge of the main spring begin, and as themain spring would also add its efi'ort in the same direction, it may in some instances be advisable to remove the urge of the main spring during this time. The spring drum :2 has 'a plurality of ratchet teeth in formed a.

about the periphery of one flange thereof. A ratchet lever m is pivotally mounted on said frame, for example by means of the pivot screw I62. The ratchet.teeth-are adapted to be locked by the ratchet lever in the direction of urge of 65 the main spring, asixhown by the arrow. In the opposite direction the teeth are free to move ratchet-wise. A suitable guide block I66 is secured to the frame at a point adjacent to where urge oi the 20 suitable resilient material, and the 5 the screw l26 is adjusted, as

from the carriage during the time the carriage 1 absorbed to the point at which the new line shall the pawl engages the teeth up, said guide block having formed therein a slot I64.in which the pawl lever IN is freely movable. A spring I66 has one end secured to the pawl 'I6I andthe' otherend secured to a post I66, normally tending to urge the engaging end I61 01 the pawl lever 5 into engagement with the teeth I80. A suitable stop I88 on said frame prevents the end I81 from meshing too deeply with the teeth I80. The arm I33, when in its normal position is incontact with the pawl lever I8I and normally holds the engaging end I81 of this lever out of engagement with the teeth I80.

When the stop control device is actuated by the marginal stop I8, in the manner previously 10 described, the lever I88 is moved to the position' shown in dot-dash lines and indicated by the numeral I33 While the lever I38 is moving in the manner just described, the pawl lever III which normally bears against the arm I38 also moves and the end I8'l engages one of the teeth I80, the pawl lever assuming the position shown in dot-dash lines in Figures 23' and 25 in which, as aforesaid, it does not lock the drum of .the main spring against rotation in the direction of 20 advancement of the carriage to the decelerating zone.

However, due to the engagement of a tooth I80 by the end I81 of the pawl member, the urge of the main spring, via the cable 8|, is nullified and 2 as long as the end I 81 engages. the tooth IBII'the main spring exerts no pressure upon the carriage.

As soon as the'momentum of the returnin carriage is absorbed by the shock-absorbing member. the recoil of the shock-absorbing member causes the carriage to move in an opposite direction for a space equal to one or more teeth, or fractions thereof, in rder to bring the printing point on the carri ing position. Due to the short space in which the carriage moves at this time, and due to the fact that the urge of the main spring is removed from the carriage, the carriage is brought to a stop at the initial point without-shock or rebound.

. Althoughv the new and improved stop control,

means of the present invention is shown inconnection with a typewriter in which the normally engaged dog is moved out of the ran e of the teeth of the escapement wheel, it may also be applied to various other types of typewriters.

In some types of machines, the normally en-' gaged dog is not moved out of the range of. the teeth of the escapement wheel in the manner described, and instead employ a pawl and ratchet on the escapement wheel shaft. An example of this is the Remington model, No. 16 typewriter.

In applying the control means of the present invention to a machine of this character, the

mechanism would be so arranged that instead of moving the normally engaged dog out of the range of theteeth of the escapement wheel, the mechanism would disengage the pawl from the ratchet. Basically,-this principle is the same because the relation between the escapement wheel teeth and the movable ratchet dog, which has been shown herein, is apawl and ratchet effect, In other words; the present stop control mechanism may be used to control either a pawl or a dog..- Although the invention has been disclosed in connection with the specific details of preferred" embodiments thereof, it must be understood that such details are not intended to be limitative of the invention except insofar as set forth in the appended claims. a I

i What is claimed is: J

1, In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage movable along said frame, an escapement wheel, mechanism. between said qescapement 'riage movable along said frame, an escapement e in line with the print-" wheel and said carriage; a settable member for predetermining the position of the left marginal line of the printing, spacing means for saidcarriage associated'with said escapement'wheel and including anormally engaged dog and 9. nor- 5 maliy disengaged dog, a dog rocker supporting said dogs, and mechanism associated with said normally engaged dog and engaged by said settable stop for disengaging said dog from said escapement wheel while' said dog rocker is stationary and thereby permitting said carriage to move in a zone to the left of said left marginal line.

2. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a ear-v 15 wheel, mechanism between said escapement wheel and said carriage, a settable member for predetermining the position of the left marginal line of the printing, spacing means for said carriage associated with said escapement wheel and including a dog rocker and a dog normally engaging said escapement wheel and mounted .for movement relative to said dog rocker to a position out of engagement with said escapement 25 wheel, and mechanism associated with said dog and operated by said settable stop for thus moving said dog relative to said dog rocker, thereby permitting said carriage to move in a zone to the left of said left marginal line. 3

3. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, an escapementitherefor including an escapement wheel and a normally engaged dog in cooperative relation therewith, a dog rocker pivotally mounted on said frame and pivotally 35 supporting said dog, a settable member on said carriage for'deflning an initial position at which typing shall begin, a control device carried on said frame adapted to be engaged by said member, means link ing said device and said dog for pivotally moving and disengaging said dog from the escapement wheel while said dog rocker is stationary and while said settable member is in contact with said control device, and shockabsorbing means associatedwith said'control de- 5 vice for decelerating said carriage while the same is beyond the position at which said set-' .table member first contacts ,said control device and for moving said carriage back to said position under urge of the reaction -of said shock- 59 absorbing means. 4. In a typ ting machine, a frame, a carriage, an escapement therefor including an escapement wheel and a normally engaged dog in cooperative relation'therewith, a dog rocker piv- 55 otally mounted on said frame and pivotally supporting said dog, a settable member on said carriagefor defining the initialstarting point of the typing with respect to the printing position of the type, a stop control devicepivoto ally mounted on said frame and adapted to be engaged, by said member from the time the carriage moves its initial starting point beyond said position until it returns said point to said position, linkages extendng directly between said de- 65 vice and said dog on said escapement for dis engaging said dog from and freeing the escape-- ment wheel during the time said point is beyond said position, and resilient means associated with I said device for decelerating said carriage while said point is beyond said position and for moving said carriage back to bring said initial starting point in registration withsaid position.

5. A typewriting machineaccording to claim 4,

,in which a main spring 'drum supported on said J frame is associated with said carriage, s'aid drum vent the rage of the main spring being imparted to said carriage while the latter is permitted to move back to bring said initial starting point to said position.

. 6, In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, an .escapement therefor including an escapement wheel, a normally engagedodog and a normally disengaged dog in cooperativerelation therewithfa'. dog rocker pivotally mounted on said frame and pivotally supporting said normally engaged dogga lever member pivotally mounted'on said frame, a settable member on said carriage for defining the left marginal line of the typing with respect to a given position on said frame, said last member being adapted to engage said lever whenthe carriage being returned to begin a new line moves its left marginal line beyond said position, positive linkages be-. and said normally entween said lever member I gaged dog adapted to pivotally move said dog in a definite ratio to the movement of said lever while said rocker is stationary and to maintain said dog out of the range of the teeth of theescapement wheel as long as said lever member is engaged by said settable member thereby per- 'mitting said returning carriage to move said left marginal line beyond said position a. distance varying with the momentum. of the returning carriage, and shock-absorbing means associated with said lever'member for absorbing the momentum of the carriage after itsvmarginal I line has passedsaid position, the reaction of said shock-absorbing means being adapted to move the carriage from the point at which its momentum is absorbed to the marginal line reaches said position and said settable member permits said lever member to return to its normal position and said normally engaged dog re-engages the escapement wheel tooth with which it was engaged prior to the movement of said lever member.

7. In a typewriting machine having a' frame,

a carria e movable along said frame, an escapej ment wheel geared to said carriage, a dog rocker pivotally mounted on said frame, "a first dog pivotally mounted on said dog rocker and normally engaging the teeth ofsaid escapementrwheel, a second dog on said dog rocker and'adapted to bebrought into cooperation with said teeth whensaid rocker is rocked, a stop controlmember pivotally mounted on said frame and having mechanism associated therewithin cooperative" relation with said first dog, a settable marginal stop on said carriage for defining the leftmarginal line of the typing. with respect to the printing position of' the type, said stop-being adapted to engage said control member when the 'car-' riage is being returned to begina new line moves its left marginal line beyond said sprinting position and thereby through said mechanism pivotally moves and disengages said first-dog from the escapement tooth with which the latter was engaged when said marginal line reached said position, permitting said carriage to' move its marginal line in a zone beyond said printing position, and resilient means associated with said control member for absorbing themomentum of the returning carriage in said zone and for movpolnt at which said lefting the carriage in an opposite direction from the point in said zone where said momentum'was absorbed to said printing position where said control member, through said mechanism, may re-associate said first dog with the escapement tooth with which it was last associated.

8. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, amaln spring drum mounted on said frame and adapted to urge said carriage along said frame in one direction, an escapement for said carriage including an escapement wheel and dogs in cooperative relation therewith, settable means on said carriage for defining the left marginal line of the typing with respect to said carriage during the time said escapement wheel is free, and shock-absorbing means associated with said control means and adapted to decelerate said carriage after its marginal line passes beyond said position and adapted to react against said oarriage and to move the same back to bring saidleft marginal line to said pziiting position after the carriage is decelera e x l 9. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, a main spring drum mounted on said frame and adapted to urge said carriage along said frame in one direction, an escapement for said carriage including an escapement wheel and dogs in cooperative relation therewith, a dog rocker supporting said dogs, settable means on said carriage for defining the left marginal line- I same from and freeing the escapement wheel 1 while said d'og rocker is stationary and permit! ting said carriage to move said line beyond said position and for maintainiiig said dog in dis engaged relation totheescapement wheel during the time said line is beyond said position,

engaging means associated with said control means for nullifying the urge of said main spring upon said carriage during the time said line is beyond saidposition and shock-absorbing means associated with said control means and adapted returns to said printing posito decelerate said carriage after said line passes beyond said position and adapted to react" against said carriage and to move the same back to bring said left marginal line to said position after the I carriage is decelerated.

10. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a,car-- riage, a main spring drum mountedon' said frame and adapted to urge 'said carriage along said framein one direction, an escapement for said carriage including an escapement wheel and dogs in cooperative relation therewith, settable means on said carriage for defining the left marginal line. of the typing with respect to a definite poreached.

, of said control ing point of sition on said frame, control means on said frame adapted to be engaged by said settable means from the time the carriage moves its left marginal line beyond'saldposition until it returns to said position, linkages between said control means and one of said dogs for disengaging the same from and freeing the escapement wheel to permit said carriage to move said line beyond said position and for maintaining said dog in diS- engaged relation to the escapement wheel during the time said line is beyond said position, engaging means associated with said control means for'nullifying the urge of said main spring upon said carriage during the time said dog is disengaged from said escapementwheel, and shock-absorbing means associated with said control means and adapted todecelerate said carriage after said line passes beyond said position and adapted to react against said carriage and to move the same back to bring said left marginal line to said position-after the carriage is decelerated.

11. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, a main spring on said frame and connected to said carriage, a settable member on said carriage for predetermining marginal line of the printing, a rack carried on said carriage, an escapement shaft, a pinion on said shaft in operative relation to said rack, an escapement wheel operatively connected to said shaft, a dog rocker pivotally mounted on said frame, a first dog pivotally mounted on said rocker and normally in engagement with a tooth of said escapement wheel, a second dog on said rocker, mechanism operatively connected to the first dog for pivotally moving and disengaging said dog from said escapement wheel while said rocker is stationary to permit the carriage to move freely in either direction, and a shock absorbing device on said frame connected to said mechanism and adapted to be engaged by said settable stop when said carriage is being returned to begin a new line of printing for disengaging said first dog from the escapement wheel teeth and permitting said carriage to move freely to the left of said left marginal line into a zone in which its momentum is absorbed by said shock absorbing means and to move back toward said left marginal line under the urge of the main spring until said 12. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, a rack carried onsaid carriage, an escapement shaft, a pinion on erative relation to said rack. an escapement wheel operatively connected to said shaft, a do rocker pivotally mounted on said frame. a first dog pivotally mounted on said rocker and normally in engagement with a tooth of said escapement wheel, a second dog on said rocker and normally out of engagement with the teeth of said escapement wheel, a control member mounted on said frame, linkages between said control member and said first dog for moving the latter in a definite ratio to .the movement member, and a settable member on said carriage for determining th initial startthe typing relative to a fixed position on said frame, said settable-member being adapted to cooperate with said control member when said point on the returning, carriage reaches said position,

dog from the escap said rocker is stati ment wheel while may and a tooth on said p s ion,

the position of the left left marginal line is again said shaft in op- .sprlng of thereby pivotally moving and releasing said first permitting said carriage to move said point in a zone'beyond said position.

13. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, a rack carried on said carriage, an escapement shaft, a pinion on said shaft in operative relation to said rack, an escapement wheel operatively connected to said shaft, a dog rocker pivotally mounted dog on said rocker normally in engagement with escapement wheel, a second dog on said rocker, a control member mounted on said frame, linkages between said control member and said first dog, a settable member on said carriage for determining the initial starting point of the typing relative to a fixed position on said frame, said settable member being adapted to cooperate with said control member when said point on the returning carriage reaches said thereby releasing said first dog from the escapement wheel and permitting said carriage to move said point in a zone beyond said position, and shock-absorbing means associated with said control member for decelerating said carriage while said point is moving in said zone, the reaction of said shock-absorbing means being adapted to move said carriage in an opposite direction to return said point to said position and after deceleration has taken place.

14. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage, a rack carried on said carriage, an escapement shaft, a pinion on said shaft in operative relation tosaid rack, an escapement wheel operatively connected to said shaft, a dog rocker pivotally mounted on said frame, a first dog on said rocker normally in engagement with a on said frame, a first tooth of said escapement wheel, a second dog 1 point on the returning carriage reaches said I position, thereby releasing said first dog from the escapement wheel and permitting said car-' riage to move said point in a zone beyond said position, a spring drum carried on said frame and operatively connected to said carriage for urging said carriage along said frame while typing, and means associated with said control member for removing the urge of said spring from the carriage duringthe time the carriage is moving said point in said zone.

15. In a typewriting machine, a frame, a carriage movable on said frame, a main spring drum carried on: said frame and operatively connected to said carriage for urging the carriage along said frame in the direction of typing, a settable member on said carriage, and means associated with said spring drum and adapted to be actuated by said settable member for re-v moving the urge of said spring from said carriage while the latter is in a predetermined zone defined by said settable member.

16. A typewriting machine according to claim 4,.ln' which said resilient means comprises a minimum strength for holding said linkages in normal relation, thereby permitting said device to freely start said linkages into motion, and a second spring substantially stronger than said first spring and brought into play after said linkages have me ed an initial distance.

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